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Term Effective:
Summer 2025
Description:
The Theatre Arts: Acting Certificate of Achievement provides students with the foundation skills necessary to audition for and perform in a variety of professional environments. Students study characterization, script analysis, vocal and physical development, and acting styles for the stage, which can also be applied to film and television work. Realizing that acting careers are extremely competitive, this certificate introduces students to the realities of the profession through both classroom learning and performance expectations.
Depending on natural talent and industry needs, students can enter the profession directly from this program. However, most certificate students wishing to pursue professional acting careers must continue to build their resumes through substantial performance experience, and will likely pursue additional training through private studios, training programs, or four-year university programs. The Theatre Arts: Acting Certificate of Achievement provides students with the basic skills and techniques necessary to successfully start that career path. Certificate students who also wish to pursue an Associate of Arts degree and/or four-year degree are encouraged to meet with a counselor.
The Theatre Arts certificate training programs are unique in that they offer five areas of emphasis: Acting, Costuming, Makeup, Stagecraft, and Theatre Management. These one to two-year intensive vocational training programs examine, through lecture, demonstration, and application, the tools and techniques required to succeed in professional theatre and related entertainment industry positions. Introductory and advanced courses are designed to familiarize the student with the theory and practice of theatrical production while participating in a 5-show production oriented program.
At the heart of the certificate curriculum is a collaborative relationship between faculty, staff, guest artists, and students that helps students develop while producing professional quality theatre. Courses cover a broad spectrum of related disciplines to further enrich the learning experience and provide a strong foundation of knowledge. Students are also instructed in the basics of self-marketing as well as auditions, interview, resume and portfolio preparation and presentation.
Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:
- Audition for a production using fundamental techniques of voice, movement, and the actor's craft;
- Perform for the stage using fundamental techniques of voice, movement, and the actor's craft;
- Perform special acting styles such as: non-realism, Shakespeare, period movement and acting for the camera;
- Integrate a basic understanding of technical theatre and participate in the backstage functions of the theatre; and
- Integrate knowledge of theatre history and literature when creating a theatrical performance.
Program Requirements:
The requirements for the Theatre Arts: Acting Certificate program are:
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Complete 29.5 units from
- Theatre Arts Core Requirements
- Acting Emphasis Requirements
| Theatre Arts Core Requirements - complete 6.00 units |
| THAR 1 | World Theatre Through Time | 3.00 |
| THAR 10A | Introduction to Acting | 3.00 |
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| Acting Emphasis Requirements - complete 23.50 units |
| THAR 10B | Scene Study and Characterization | 3.00 |
| THAR 19 | Introduction to Movement and Mask | 2.00 |
| THAR 20 | Introduction to Stagecraft | 3.00 |
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| THAR 25.1 | Production Lab: Costume Crew | 1.50-3.00 |
| THAR 25.2 | Production Lab: Running Crew | 1.50-3.00 |
| THAR 25.4 | Production Lab: Makeup Crew | 1.50-3.00 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| THAR 11.1 | Performance: Non-Musical | 1.00-3.00 |
| THAR 11.2 | Performance: Musical | 1.00-3.00 |
| THAR 11.3 | Performance: Musical - Dance | 1.00-2.00 |
| THAR 11.4 | Performance: Musical-Vocal | 1.00-2.00 |
| THAR 81A | Opera and Related Forms in Performance 1 | 2.00-5.00 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 3.50 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| THAR 13A | Performance Workshop: Styles, Periods and Skills 1 | 3.00 |
| THAR 13AL | Performance Workshop Lab: Styles, Periods and Skills 1 | 0.50 |
| THAR 14A | Performance Workshop: Shakespeare 1 | 3.00 |
| THAR 14AL | Performance Workshop Lab: Shakespeare 1 | 0.50 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 6.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| DANC 10.1 | Introduction to Dance Movement | 1.50 |
| DANC 10.2 | Introduction to Dance Genres: Ballet, Modern, Jazz | 1.50 |
| DANC 11.1 | Ballet I | 1.50 |
| DANC 13.1 | Jazz Dance I | 1.50 |
| MUSP 17A | Elementary Voice | 2.00 |
| THAR 11.8 | Performance: Dance Concert | 0.50-1.00 |
| THAR 17 | Musical Theatre Techniques | 3.00 |
| THAR 21A | Introduction to Costume Technology | 3.00 |
| THAR 22 | Makeup Design for Stage and Screen | 2.00 |
| THAR 42 | Dance-Theatre Workshop | 1.00-2.00 |
| THAR 29 | Introduction to Theatre Management | 3.00 |
| THAR 29L | Theatre Management Laboratory | 1.00-3.00 |
| THAR 63 | Acting in Film, Television, and Voice-over | 3.00 |
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Term Effective:
Summer 2025
The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.
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It is important that students who are completing an Associate Degree and desire to transfer to a four-year institution meet with a counselor to plan their lower division coursework. While many majors at SRJC are intended to align with lower division major preparation required by California public universities, specific lower-division major requirements vary among individual campuses. See a counselor, visit the Transfer Center, and check Guides For Transfer in Specific Majors, and ASSIST to review transfer preparation guides for specific schools and majors.
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Notes:
1. All students enrolled in the certificate program will be assigned a faculty advisor who will meet with them regularly to monitor progress.
2. All courses in the THAR 25 series (THAR 25, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3, 25.4, and 25.5) are variable unit courses; each course may be taken up to four times. Units are determined by the type of position and number of productions a student will work on during a semester. These courses are also corequisites for THAR 20, 21A, 22, and 22.1. Certificate students planning to take these courses are encouraged to contact the Theatre Arts department chair prior to registration.
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